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Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 1 July 1999 at column 274) what plans he has...
Investigation launched into waiting list ‘fiddle’
Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Redbridge Health Care NHS Trust has launched an investigation and suspended a senior manager following the inappropriate suspension of...
UK among the lowest spenders on health
Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Latest figures from the Office of Health Economics (OHE) have shown that despite an increased expenditure, the UK remains...
Modernisation Fund
Healthcare Market News (Parliament) August 1999The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 6 July 1999 at column 490) what change there has...
BUPA launches cataract clinic
Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999The BUPA South Bank Hospital has officially opened a new 'walk in walk out' cataract clinic. The £200,000 Worcester...
Small fall in waiting lists
Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999The number of people waiting for NHS operations in England has fallen for the first time in three months,...
Consultant network launched
Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Healthcare management company, Preferred Health Care Ltd. (PHC), has launched a network of consultants throughout the UK, which it...
NHS counts costs of missed appointments
Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999A new survey by the Doctor Patient Partnership (DPP) has revealed that an estimated £151m worth of appointment time...
NHS to invest £20m in on-the-spot booking services
Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999The Department of Health this month confirmed that around £20m is to be invested in on-the-spot booking services.The intention...
Modernisation for pathology services
Healthcare Market News (News) August 1999Health minister John Denham this month announced funding of £10m for the modernisation of pathology services in England.Inviting bids...